Scanner or Digital Camera

[carmen sarlo-migration]

So do you use a scanner or a digital camera for your OA? I was debating on buying a scanner. Most scanners I see at places like Best Buy are 8x11. I have some pages that are much larger then that. So what do you recommend?

 

 

[KLNole]

Larger scanner if you can afford it and have the space for it.

[Shemp]

I use my digital camera.

[Ares]

I scan in three parts and then photochop together

[carmen sarlo-migration]

Thanx. For now I'll just my camera.

[Shemp]

Here are the pics with my camera.

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=332

[KLNole]

You certainly can take some good digital pics (BTW, your Scalphunter cover is great), Just find a large format scanner easier, I have a tendency to have some skewing or parallax view of the corners when I shoot larger pieces with a camera.

[mister_not_so_nice]

I use the Mustek A3 USB scanner which is 11X17, so I can scan a page in one go. Beats the hell out of scanning a page in sections and stitching them together (I never could get the pieces the same size when I did have to use the smaller scanner. ). I've had my scanner for about 5-6 years and it has held up fine and it's affordable enough that any collector can get one (under $100 usually).

 

For the larger pieces (Cleavenger, Ward) I place the piece on a well lit surface and take a high rez pic from overhead as straight on as I can get it. Then just crop out the edges(and feet)

 

a couple camera pics:

http://cafurl.com?i=9278

http://cafurl.com?i=6618

 

 

[NelsonAI]

Silver age twice up pages are too large for most conventional scanners. High

resolution scans are also very slow.

 

I find the camera much more useful.

 

Cheers!

N